lichama

Old English

Alternative forms

• līcema, līchoma

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līkahamō, equivalent to līċ +‎ hama. More details at English likam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːkˌxɑ.mɑ/, [ˈliːkˌhɑ.mɑ]

Noun

līchama m

1. body
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

     If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

2. trunk (of the body)

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	līchama	līchaman
accusative	līchaman	līchaman
genitive	līchaman	līchamena
dative	līchaman	līchamum

Synonyms

• bodiġ
• hrǣw
• hrif

Descendants

• Middle English: likame
  • English: likam